Ignoring the dumb headline, Joel Kotkin has an interesting story on the new tech hub in the South Bay. I helped set up some of the plant visits for it.
Ignoring the dumb headline, Joel Kotkin has an interesting story on the new tech hub in the South Bay. I helped set up some of the plant visits for it.
Given all the start-ups with names taken from Tolkein, I think “the Gundo” can now rival New Zealand as a province of Middle Earth.
I don’t know what is possible with drones, but I hope there has been some thought given to proactive protection for places like El Segundo and Boca Chica, before the Pearl Harbor-like drone attacks come onto our infrastructure. Both locations are on the water, which might make them easier targets, but it also means that, if there is some sort of defense possible, you might be able to splash them over the water and avoid colateral damage to the surrounding areas.
Very fair point. One hopes the architects of Golden Dome don’t entirely overlook the surface and low-altitude air threats. There was a time, before ICBMs, when those were the only threats that mattered. There are still a few crumbling remnants in coastal regions of So. CA of the erstwhile Nike anti-aircraft missile emplacements built during the Eisenhower administration. We could well see something comparable – if more up-to-date – appear again.
We could well see something comparable – if more up-to-date – appear again.
I’d go with high power pulsed longwave IR lasers. Less effected by fog. Rapid fire. For dense fog conditions you can back up with kinetic-kill/capture-kill technology.
If you are in the SF Bay Area, checkout the Nike base/museum in the Marin headlands and the Spanish American War gun emplacements guarding the Golden Gate.
…and the Spanish American War gun emplacements guarding the Golden Gate.
Yes. Been there, done that. IIRC there are more modern (slightly pre-WWII) gun emplacements around the Marin Headlands. Near or on Fort Cronkite. IIRC.
Coastal defense not reliant on fighter planes or dive bombers, prior to WWII was sketchy at best. The massive gun emplacements on Alcatraz (it was an artillery fort before a prison) had only moderate success on practice trials against targets acting as (sail presumably) ships in the SF Bay back in the post Civil War era. I believe the tricky cross winds in the bay had a lot to do with it. Not to mention the morning fog.